ADVANCED LEVEL

German Word of the Day > Today’s Word (Hear it!)

1. das Korn (Körner)
    grain, seed, (pepper) corn; speck, (hail) stone
2. das Korn (-e)
    front sight, bead (on gun)
      aufs Korn nehmen (idiom)
      to take a bead on, zero in on; poke fun at, satirize
3. der Korn (-)
    corn liquor, corn spirits

Zu den zehn Szenen, die Amerika mit uns bekannten Klischees aufs Korn nehmen, singen die Schüler bekannte amerikanische Lieder.
For the ten scenes that poke fun at America with familiar clichés, the students sing well-known American songs.

Related Words:
die Kimme sighting notch, rear sight (on gun, for aligning with front sight)
der Mais maize, (Indian) corn
das Körnchen small grain, granule
ein Körnchen Wahrheit a (small) grain of truth

AUDIO > Listen to this word with examples! (mp3 audio)

BACK > Daily German: Word of the Day (advanced)
MORE > English-German Glossaries
MORE > A-Z Index of previous Words of the Day (About.com)

 
Copyright © 2009 Hyde Flippo